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Sat 06 Jun 2007Leinster SFC Quarter-final replayTwo competing strains of theatrical gesture and accompanying opinion doing the rounds in Dublin these last couple of weeks or so, writes Tom Humphries.The first is a mopping of the brow followed by a swoon and the intonation of a southern plantation lady, oh my lawd, but that Graham Geraghty is a rough one. The second is a brisk and vigorous shaking of the head and the stentorian tons of a Baptist preacher, Lord that Dublin defence is so meek that it shall inherit the earth. In Mordor, as Dublin fans have taken to calling the county of Meath, either is bound to cause smirking.